A physical mechanism producing suprathermal populations and initiating substorms in the Earth's magnetotail

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1617-1639

  Sarafopoulos, D V ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLASMA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 45149128369     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1617-2008     Document Type: Article

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